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Hong De Latest News

The Hong De Lion Dance Association initiated our new 'Wedding Lions' at the wedding of one of our Committee members last Saturday. The new lions were dotted in the morning by the wedding couple with the traditional 'lion dotting poem' being read out by the father of the groom. Later that night, at Gold Leaf restaurant in Burwood, the lion dance was peformed by members of Hong De and Khuan Yee for over 250 guests. We would all like to wish Vincent and Emily, 'Congratulations and every best wishes for their future lives together!'
Youtube video link.

We were priviledged to perform for the HK Economic and Trade CNY Function in the Palladium function room at Crown Casino last week. As usual, all the A-list personalities in the Chinese community were present at the function. Thanks for booking us Yvonne and a big thank you to Tim for co-ordinating the event.

On Sunday 8th February, the fourteenth day of Chinese New Year, the first ever Chinese New Year Festival was held in Kingsway, Glen Waverley. Hong De Lions were joined by the Khuan Yee Lion Dance Association in several performances during the day from 12 pm until 9 pm. The Hong De Lion Dance Association would like to thank 'Monash Chinese Events Organising Committee Inc' and the City of Monash for hosting the event. Also to Vincent Chow for securing us for the event and Susie Wickes for event management.

On Sunday 1st February, Hong De lions travelled to Wantirna to perform at CAV's Chinese New Year Banquet function. The event opened with a two-lion and Dai Tou Fut performance. The Member for Bayswater, Heidi Victoria was a special guest at the function. Thanks Vincent and Khim Chow for inviting us to perform for the first time at CAV. Hope you enjoyed the show!

The Hong De Lions performed at the annual Chinese New Year function for FPS at Shark Fin House on Friday 30th January. FPS had booked out the ground floor for their staff and clients. By the time of our performance at around 9pm, the party was in full swing. We would like to thank Sam Aparo, Director of FPS for inviting us to perform at their function and also a big thanks to Paula and Karen who helped cleared our shipment from Malaysia in such an efficient manner. Thanks also for bringing our newly fumigated drums to the function. Much appreciated. See you again next year!

So that the 'burbs' do not miss out, the Hong De lions visited restaurants in Brighton, Bentleigh, Malvern, Hawthorn, Hoppers Crossing, Point Cook, Caroline Springs and as far as Geelong over the Chinese New Year period. We would like to thank the following restaurants for booking us: Grand Pavilion, Seven Stars, Fongs, Ginger House, Ripples Seafood and BBQ, Sichuan Dining Room, Beijing Star, Jade Stream, China Tea, Coco Chine Point Cook, Coco Chine Caroline Springs and Man Bo Tower. We will see you again next Chinese New Year!

Over the last week during Chinese New Year, Hong De lions could be found at several restaurants and businesses around the city area. Some of those included Quanjude, Shoya, Westlake, Chinatown Gift City, Old Town Kopitiam, Target Centre, Paramount Health and Spa, East Imperial, Opium Den, SYN Bar, Kaka, Oriental Express Travel and FMSA Architects. Some of the daytime performances gathered a huge crowd, especially when we performed at Kopitiam on Australia Day. Please click below to see all the photos from some of our performances.Montage video of all our performances during Chinese NewYear.

Hong Kong celebrity cuisine critic, and film producer, Choi Lan was in Melbourne this week. He is leading a gourmet restaurant tour of Melbourne. The Hong De Lion was asked for an impromptu performance for him when he happened to be having lunch at the same restaurant as the team during a break between performances. Our team created a bit of noise in Chinatown as we started outside Westlake and proceeded upstairs to greet Choi Lan. He was pleasantly surprised and graced us with a group photo afterwards. Later that night, he was with his tour group in Shoya and he dotted our new Futsan lion outside the restaurant. Youtube link to Westlake performance

The Hong De Lions joined the 'Flags of all Nations' parade on Swanston Street for Australia Day which also co-incided with the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Australia Day 'People's March' was represented by dozens of Victorian cultural and ethnic groups. The Hong De Lions led the 'Federation of Chinese Association' part of the parade along with the FCA Dragons and the CAV drumming ensemble.

Over four days during Chinese New Year, members of the Hong De Lion dance team made their way to the airport by 6am and performed for 3 to 5 hours every day. It is unusual for a lion dance team to perform this early, but we were there to entertain in the international arrivals and departures area. The lion was a familiar sight to all staff at the airport every morning. It was hard for us to keep the noise level down, but we managed. Although it was hard work, especially after a late night the night before, we all had a great time. A special thanks to Kate for making the whole experience interesting and worthwhile. We are trying to catch up on lack of sleep at the moment!

The Hong De lion entertained guests at the PHREAC CNY party boarding Lady Cutler boat cruise. Our lion performed on Docklands pier for guests before boarding to retrieve his food for the night. The food was in the form of a lettuce hung dangerously over the front of the boat. This was retrieved without the lion going overboard! Later a string of firecrackers was let off to entertain the crowd.

Our lion went all the way to Monash to perform at the Chinese Professionals Club of Australia Chinese New Year function at Clayton Hall. The evening of entertainment opened with our lion dance performance. There were over 200 guests at the function.

The Hong De lion visited the pool today at the Maribyrnong Aquatic Centre to help celebrate the opening of Transform Sports and Spinal Clinic. The lion entertained visitors at the pool with a lion dance inside the centre and played with some children swimming in the pool. The lion dance ended with a traditonal lighting of a string of firecrackers to scare away all evil spirits for the new year. Thank you to Ian Tran for booking us, we certainly had a lot of fun at the Centre!

Hong De Lion's first performance for Chinese New Year 2009 kicked off yesterday with two performances for the 'Ip Man' movie premiere at Hoyts Highpoint and Melbourne Central. Hoyts will be showing a limited season of a traditional Wing Chun Kung Fu movie starring Donnie Yen - try and see it before it disappears. A must for all Wing Chun enthusiasts! We used our new Futsan lion for the first time in Highpoint during the daytime premiere and our two Hoksan lions for the nightime premiere. Movie-goers were treated to a lion dance performance followed by a Wing Chun demonstration by the Melbourne Chinese Martial Arts School. The wooden dummy used for the demonstration was supplied by Tan's Martial Arts.

Hong De Lion Dance Association in conjunction with the Melbourne Chinese Martial Arts Club will be perfoming at the Melbourne premieres of the 'Ip Man Movie' starring Donnie Yen on Thursday 22nd January. The first daytime premiere event will be held at Hoyts Highpoint at 1:30 pm, screening time is at 2:00pm. The night premiere event will be held at Hoyts Melbourne Central at 9:00pm, screening time is at 9:30pm.

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